misinformation and disinformation

De Facto at a milestone and it’s still a go!

01 Sep 2020

Our initiative against mis- and disinformation – De Facto – reached an important milestone at the end of August 2020 with the formal expiration of the Erasmus+ grant funding. These have been challenging two years with many and positive developments along the way. Team NTCenter, the project lead, extend their sincerest thanks and apreciateion to all project…

Classification of misinformation and disinformation

12 Jul 2018

When we at NTCenter first started our focused investigation on disinformation and misinformation, the topic consisted mostly of fractured content centered around media and politics. And the debate would rarely go beyound that field. However, one particular thread caught our attention, even though it was also focused on journalism and politics to draw examples from,…

Frames as Thinking Contexts

21 Jun 2018

Frames and framing are one of the key pillars of NTCenter’s conceptual model and practical kits for understanding and designing working solutions to the educational implications of misinformation and disinformation. What are frames We know that people think in contexts which are well defined and which have clear semantic roles, and these thinking contexts are known…